sans speaker. kevin mccarthy failing again on a fifth ballot to capture the necessary number of votes, the number of opponents among house republicans has actually gone up from 19 to 20, to 21. now republicans are looking for a way out, an exit strategy. is that tossing mccarthy to the curb? is that brokering a deal with democrats to lower the vote? they have to get these 23 rebels on board. me melanie zanona is with us. what s happening here? reporter: republicans are searching for an offramp as it s become clear that kevin mccarthy s efforts to win over his opposition not working. i m told republicans have approached democrats on the house floor and tried to feel them out to see, what would it take for you to vote present or not show up? we re told these are informal conver conversations. it s still early. democrats said they would not bail out mccarthy, but they would be willing to talk about a consensus candidate. we ll see. the fact that republicans are even thinking a
He is not only focused on one thing. I dont know anybody thats done more to highlight and talk about the border disaster that is underway right now as we speak. I had the privilege of serving here when jeh johnson was secretary of homeland security. I have a very high opinion of jeh johnson. I think he is one of the finest Public Servants i ever met. He was asked on one occasion to define what was a crisis on the southern border. He said any time you have more than 1,000 illegal entries a day, you have a crisis. We have 10 or 11 times that every single day. In that tide of humanity thats coming across, there is a boatload of fentanyl coming to kill Tens Of Thousands of all of our constituents. There are Human Traffickers who are taking advantage of young men and young women and, frankly, predators in our own country, and they are bringing them across, not by the tens or 20s or dozens, but by the hundreds and the thousands. There are amongst that flow of people, people that wish us ill,
Right now on capitol hill, the house of representative is in session and expected to vote on their next speaker at and time. This would be second time congressman jim jordan, his name will be voted on in a rolecall vote after yesterday where he fell short by many votes. See if he picks some up or loses some this hour. Well follow the action and bring updates as they happen. Kayleigh President Biden leaving israel moments ago as stability of entire middle east hang in the balance. Tension erupting after a Rocket Strike destroyed a hospital in gaza, killing 500 people, some children. Based on Department Of Defense did thea and based on the meeting with netanyahu, President Biden says it was a rocket fired by Islamic Jihad that hit that hospital. Iran is threatening that time is up, unclear what they mean by that. Hezbollah calling for a day of unprecedented day of anger. V violent protest at embassies and pentagon is surging troops toward israel. This comes as president vow to stand by i
babben, mccarthy. facon, mccarthy. baird, mccarthy. alderson, mccarthy. all right. we are now in the sixth ballot for speaker of the house. let s go to cnn s manu raju with new reporting. you re hearing signs of a potential thaw between mccarthy allies and the 20 republican rebels. tell us more. reporter: yeah. welcome news for kevin mccarthy after days two days of seeing him fall short at ballot after ballot, not getting the 218 votes of becoming speaker. there are signs of talks moving in a direction that these opponents want. one of them is chip roy. he s 1 of the 20 who voted over and over again against kevin mccarthy.